With schools, businesses and borders re-opening across much of the region, several GCC countries are beginning to resume pre-pandemic levels of activity. Does this mark the start of a return to business as usual?
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In which areas did small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face the most pressing pandemic-related challenges, and how were those issues mitigated?
Economic update | Report: To what extent has the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated economic diversification in Oman?
30 Jul 2021
Oman was already working to diversify its economy, but the pandemic-induced disruption to oil and gas has further underscored the importance of developing a broader economic base to absorb the impacts of international crises and downturns in commodity cycles.
Economic update | Where is the potential to strengthen trade and investment between the Gulf and South-east Asia?
29 Jul 2021
Patrick Cooke, Oxford Business Group’s Managing Editor for the Middle East and Asia, talks with Jade Currie, Oxford Business Group’s Regional Editor for Asia, about standout opportunities to expand trade and investment relations between the Gulf and South-east Asia in the wake of the pandemic.
Economic update | Can the G7’s Build Back Better World compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative?
28 Jul 2021
Following the expansion of Chinese-led projects in many emerging markets over the past decade, the G7 has unveiled its own initiative to support global infrastructure development, dubbed Build Back Better World (B3W).
Dubai’s diversified and digitalised economy was able to absorb the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic relatively well. The emirate enjoys some of the fastest internet speeds and most advanced broadband infrastructure in the world, which facilitated the rapid shift to online work, education and commerce.